The following is a letter from Divest Carleton Alumni, a group of alumni calling for Carleton to divest their endowment from the 200 largest fossil fuel companies: The following colleges and universities have made formal commitments to reduce their investments in fossil fuel companies. The schools are grouped below by…
Patrick Dunlevy
When the fossil fuel divestment movement began at Carleton almost a decade ago, few colleges or universities had committed to moving their endowments out of fossil fuels. By 2014, only two U.S. liberal arts colleges had made divestment pledges: College of the Atlantic and Pitzer College. But today, 10 U.S.…